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The view from a broadhttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2011/jul/11/the-view-from-a-broad
Beware! The dangers of romantic fiction; and the first spottings of menstrual blood in advertising<p>✤ If the bodices of the nation stand a little less ripped today, well it is perhaps no bad thing; not since Samuel Richardson published <a href="http://www.manybooks.net/titles/richardsonsametext04pam1w10.html" title="Pamela">Pamela</a> have the dangers of romantic fiction been so starkly set forth as they have over the last sobering few days. I refer not to the tumbling russet curls and heaving bosom of Rebekah Brooks, nor even to the passionate exhortations of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV9Sh_R3wB4" title="the nations new Mr Darcy, Steve Coogan">the nation's new Mr Darcy, Steve Coogan</a>, but to a report by <a href="http://www.susanquilliam.com/" title="psychologist Susan Quilliam">psychologist Susan Quilliam</a> into the effects that <strong>reading Mills &amp; Boon novels </strong>might exert upon your delicate constitution and your sexual health. Nurse, the smelling salts, please!</p><p>Writing in the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Healthcare, Quilliam tendered that romantic novels might be blamed for unprotected sex, unrealistic sexual expectations and relationship breakdowns, urging us to "put down the books — and pick up reality." (Good catchphrase, Susan).</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2011/jul/11/the-view-from-a-broad">Continue reading...</a>Mills & BoonBooksHealth & wellbeingLife and styleMon, 11 Jul 2011 20:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2011/jul/11/the-view-from-a-broadPhotograph: John Voos/Reuters/CorbisMills & Boon: might be blamed for 'unrealistic sexual expectations'. Photograph: John Voos/Reuters/CorbisPhotograph: John Voos/Reuters/CorbisMills & Boon: might be blamed for 'unrealistic sexual expectations'. Photograph: John Voos/Reuters/CorbisLaura Barton2011-07-11T20:00:00ZThe view from a broadhttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2011/jun/27/view-from-broad-diabetes
We have a responsibility to sort out our ridiculous relationship with food and with our bodies<p>✤ <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jun/25/diabetes-epidemic-western-fast-food" title="The Lancets report on diabetes">The Lancet's report on diabetes</a>, released last week, provided some shocking figures – that there are <strong>347 million diabetics</strong> worldwide, for instance, and that this is double the number there were in 1980. But the most striking statistics showed the sharp rise in diabetes among women – from 7.5% in 2009 to 9.2% today. While researchers attributed 70% of this to ageing, they believed that 30% was due to factors such as obesity and body mass. Lest we forget, <a href="http://www.ic.nhs.uk/webfiles/publications/opad10/Statistics_on_Obesity_Physical_Activity_and_Diet_England_2010.pdf" title="25% of adult women in the UK are now obese">25% of adult women in the UK are now obese</a>.</p><p>Strangely, I saw these figures shortly after reading <a href="http://www.marieclaire.com/health-fitness/news/eating-disorder-facility-2" title="an article in US Marie Claire">an article in US Marie Claire</a> about eating disorders, which affect <a href="http://www.disordered-eating.co.uk/eating-disorders-statistics/eating-disorders-statistics-uk.html" title="over 1.1 million people in the UK">more than 1.1 million people in the UK</a>, with girls and women 10 times more likely to suffer than boys and men.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2011/jun/27/view-from-broad-diabetes">Continue reading...</a>WomenLife and styleDiabetesSocietyObesityPregnancyHealth & wellbeingMon, 27 Jun 2011 19:00:07 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2011/jun/27/view-from-broad-diabetesPhotograph: Graham Turner/GuardianAre you afraid of the biscuit tin? Photograph: Graham Turner for the GuardianPhotograph: Graham Turner/GuardianAre you afraid of the biscuit tin? Photograph: Graham Turner for the GuardianLaura Barton2011-06-27T19:00:07ZThe view from a broadhttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jun/13/the-view-from-a-broad
Why, wait for it, a drinks company is paying to train midwives; and in praise of SlutWalking<p>✤ There's something just a little bit unsettling about drinks company <strong>Diageo</strong> paying for 10,000 midwives to be trained in advising women on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13740639" title="the hazards of drinking while pregnant">the hazards of drinking while pregnant</a>. This is, you will gather, part of the government's new <a href="http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Aboutus/Features/DH_125106" title="responsibility deal">"responsibility deal"</a>, which works to bring the private sector into public health, but bringing big business into matters such as foetal health surely poses a conflict of interests and could well be open to abuse. How long, I wonder, until maternity wards are sponsored by Smirnoff Ice?</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jun/13/the-view-from-a-broad">Continue reading...</a>AlcoholSocietyMidwiferyHealthDiageoFood & drink industrySlutWalksLife and styleMon, 13 Jun 2011 19:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jun/13/the-view-from-a-broadPhotograph: Rachel Weill/Getty Images/UppercutDrinking in pregnancy. Photograph: Rachel Weill/Getty Images/UppercutPhotograph: Rachel Weill/Getty Images/UppercutDrinking in pregnancy. Photograph: Rachel Weill/Getty Images/UppercutLaura Barton2011-06-13T19:30:00Z